Mine get incredible ash. But I don't color them so it just makes them look saltier. Once you use them the ash is goneDo salt bars turn whitish/ash??
My salt bars did. Rinsed then a couple of times. Anyone else have that problem?
Mine get incredible ash. But I don't color them so it just makes them look saltier. Once you use them the ash is goneDo salt bars turn whitish/ash??
My salt bars did. Rinsed then a couple of times. Anyone else have that problem?
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I have come up with my own recipe: 50, 30, 20 with, respectively: lard, coconut, and light olive oil, and 25% salt solution, with plain water in a 1.7:1 liquid to lye ratio. I SF @ between 4 to 6% depending on who's requesting the soap.
Just had to reply.
I have come up with my own recipe: 50, 30, 20 with, respectively: lard, coconut, and light olive oil, and 25% salt solution, with plain water in a 1.7:1 liquid to lye ratio. I SF @ between 4 to 6%
You are making brine soap, we are talking about salt bars which have significantly different recipes and a lot more salt.
It is okay, you did not intrude. Brine (Soleseife) soaps are lovely and I make them too, but I also make Salt Bars that are 100% salt that was some of the first soap I ever made. I prefer my salt bars to cure a min of 8 months with 12 months. Five years makes a premium salt bar.Oops, sorry. Didn't mean to intrude.
Oops, sorry. Didn't mean to intrude.
I cure them for no less than 8 weeks because I don't like their surface grittiness. But that's just me.That sounds lovely. What is the cure time?
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I also use Shea Butter sometimes. 80% Coconut, 20% Shea Butter, 75% fine salt, 20% SF. I just found an oldish salt bar (guessing 3 years old) in the back of a closet (we’re moving) and I tried it out and wowza, that bar has the most luxurious suds.I have seen a link how to make salt bars with shea butter. Eventually I got shea butter but cannot find that topic where was the link. That link inspired me to get shea butter and get some salt. Does anyone make salt bars with shea butter?
I really love the salt bars with Shea Butter. My opinion.Shea Butter really does very little in a salt bar and without a very long cure, actually a couple of years, it will deter from lather. I would save the Shea for a something it will be nice in.
More like a brine bar?@MarinaB Holly of Kapia Mera (her YouTube channel) has a salt bar recipe with clay and shea butter. With all those ingredients and only 10% salt, it doesn't really fit my idea of a salt bar, but maybe it was the one you were looking for.
Yes as far as the low salt ratio, but she doesn’t put the salt in the water - she puts it in the batter like a salt bar. The bars look so pretty, and I do like clay in my soaps, so I’ve been meaning to try them.More like a brine bar?
Yes, you can use any milk in soap. (Corrected since I accidentally put the response here to another question about breast milk soap -sorry about that!)Would it be at all possible to make salt bars with goat's milk?
You could use any milk.Would it be at all possible to make salt bars with goat's milk?
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